[How should mycoses by most effectively treated in dermatological practice?].

An appropriate antimycetic therapy in the office is based on the following prerequisites: 1. demonstration and identification or at least determination of species of the causative germ, 2. selection of an adequate antimycetic medicament with a) least possible rate of sensitisation, b) greatest possible effectiveness and c) a spectrum as restricted as possible, d) galenic preparation and e) duration of therapy depending on the clinical and histological type of the mycosis, 3. detection and, if possible, elimination of other predisposing factors. The success of therapy actually obtained is rather unsatisfactory mainly because the factors listed under 2 d), e) and 3) are not or cannot be observed sufficiently.